National Regional Profile: Gr. Dandenong (C) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205752674   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
150
188
301
479
333
Total dwelling unitsno.
206
259
449
584
446
Value of total residential building$m
33.0
41.7
83.7
124.0
90.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
52.8
90.8
76.7
57.9
88.2
Value of total building$m
85.9
132.5
160.4
181.9
179.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 560
1 520
1 911
1 888
1 885
Other vehiclesno.
653
744
896
935
897
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 213
2 264
2 807
2 824
2 782
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
38 684
39 021
39 532
40 006
40 878
Campervansno.
54
51
57
56
51
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 922
3 946
3 994
4 035
4 172
Light rigid trucksno.
232
243
256
278
310
Heavy rigid trucksno.
608
648
625
613
648
Articulated trucksno.
68
73
83
89
75
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
26
20
26
23
21
Busesno.
189
189
183
182
185
Motorcyclesno.
721
707
726
746
734
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
44 504
44 898
45 483
46 027
47 074
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
545
549
555
558
557
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
55
56
56
56
57
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
9
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
10
10
10
10
10
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
626
632
638
642
641
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
9 617
8 001
6 505
5 183
4 059
Petrol - Unleadedno.
30 757
32 638
34 755
36 579
38 571
Dieselno.
1 591
1 777
1 859
1 991
2 205
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 540
2 482
2 363
2 274
2 240
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 076.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
199.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
132.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
19.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
9
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
2 356
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0